Environmental factors in obsessive-compulsive behavior: Evidence from discordant and concordant monozygotic twins.
To investigate environmental factors that protect against or exacerbate obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms, we selected 25 monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs discordant, 17 MZ twin pairs concordant high and 34 MZ pairs concordant low on OC symptoms from a large longitudinal Dutch sample of adult twin pairs and their family members, applying stringent criteria for OC symptomatology. Data were collected on psychopathology, family structure, health, lifestyle, birth complications and life events. Unique environmental factors were studied using within-discordant MZ pair comparisons, whereas between-conco... Mehr ...
| Verfasser: |
Cath, D.C.
van Grootheest, D.S.
Willemsen, G.
van Oppen, P.C.
Boomsma, D.I. |
| Dokumenttyp: |
Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: |
2008 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: |
Cath , D C , van Grootheest , D S , Willemsen , G , van Oppen , P C & Boomsma , D I 2008 , ' Environmental factors in obsessive-compulsive behavior: Evidence from discordant and concordant monozygotic twins. ' , Behavior Genetics , vol. 38 , no. 2 , pp. 108-120 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-007-9185-9 |
| Schlagwörter: |
/dk/atira/pure/keywords/cohort_studies/netherlands_twin_register_ntr_
/ name=Netherlands Twin Register (NTR)
/ /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions
/ name=SDG 16 - Peace
/ Justice and Strong Institutions |
| Sprache: |
Englisch |
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